both because of the lockdown. >> yeah, but the house did reconvene to vote and pass a series of bills. one of them would be to provide funding for the benefit funding. bruce leshan is in rockville where they voted on the clean spending bill instead. >> reporter: the president delivered a speech claiming republicans in the house for the shutdown and demanding that the house speaker send a short- term spending bill to the floor. free of the tax on obama care. >> take a vote, stop this first and then end the shutdown right now. >> reporter: sisters and the co- owners are right with the president. >> okay, that is what we call an u owe moment when it doesn't run the way -- uh-oh moment when it doesn't run the way we thought it would. >>> joining us to the debate, why a clean spending bill is not being put up for a vote is former maryland congressman mike barnes and the current republican national committee woman who is going to join us onset here momentarily as well. jill, feel free to come up on the set with us. right now we want to talk about this clean spending bill. why do you think t